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Grand Island, NE 40.962°N, 98.313°W · station GRIthr · 132 years of record
97°F
HOTTEST JUL 18 SINCE 2011
forecast high · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Grand Island.
89° MON 7/13 89° TUE 7/14 91° WED 7/15 93° THU 7/16 96° FRI 7/17 97° SAT 7/18 97° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks #26 / 129
warmest Jul 18 in 129 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 18 ever 114°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 18 ever 65°F
set in 1902
Hottest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 18 at Grand Island. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
65 90 114 1896: 79°F 1897: 86°F 1898: 97°F 1899: 88°F 1900: 96°F 1901: 101°F 1902: 65°F 1903: 85°F 1904: 92°F 1905: 96°F 1906: 83°F 1907: 86°F 1908: 92°F 1909: 90°F 1910: 93°F 1911: 80°F 1912: 91°F 1913: 95°F 1914: 92°F 1915: 90°F 1916: 102°F 1917: 90°F 1918: 75°F 1919: 89°F 1921: 94°F 1922: 75°F 1923: 89°F 1924: 88°F 1925: 102°F 1926: 104°F 1927: 94°F 1928: 87°F 1929: 90°F 1930: 109°F 1931: 99°F 1932: 103°F 1933: 81°F 1934: 107°F 1935: 97°F 1936: 114°F 1937: 90°F 1938: 89°F 1939: 91°F 1940: 104°F 1941: 85°F 1942: 98°F 1943: 93°F 1944: 94°F 1945: 83°F 1946: 100°F 1947: 80°F 1948: 84°F 1949: 90°F 1950: 77°F 1951: 87°F 1952: 85°F 1953: 93°F 1954: 102°F 1955: 87°F 1956: 84°F 1957: 100°F 1958: 90°F 1959: 84°F 1960: 87°F 1961: 96°F 1962: 83°F 1963: 98°F 1964: 95°F 1965: 83°F 1966: 101°F 1967: 82°F 1968: 87°F 1969: 88°F 1970: 101°F 1971: 87°F 1972: 74°F 1973: 87°F 1974: 104°F 1975: 96°F 1976: 84°F 1977: 101°F 1978: 85°F 1979: 78°F 1980: 97°F 1981: 83°F 1982: 89°F 1983: 102°F 1984: 87°F 1985: 90°F 1986: 101°F 1987: 91°F 1988: 87°F 1989: 79°F 1990: 93°F 1991: 102°F 1992: 81°F 1993: 81°F 1994: 88°F 1995: 90°F 1996: 95°F 1997: 94°F 1998: 100°F 1999: 93°F 2000: 79°F 2001: 95°F 2002: 99°F 2003: 89°F 2004: 81°F 2005: 87°F 2006: 90°F 2007: 96°F 2008: 90°F 2009: 81°F 2010: 86°F 2011: 98°F 2012: 97°F 2013: 95°F 2014: 78°F 2015: 89°F 2016: 87°F 2017: 87°F 2018: 86°F 2019: 95°F 2020: 95°F 2021: 83°F 2022: 92°F 2023: 82°F 2024: 83°F 2025: 85°F 97° forecast 1896 2025 1936 Forecast high · Jul 18 97°F Hottest this date since 2011 This-date record 114°F This-date rank #26 of 129
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 117°F (1936) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1895–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Grand Island in each calendar month, and for the whole 1895–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 76°F 1990 -29°F 1912 Feb 80°F 1995 -34°F 1899 Mar 98°F 2026 -21°F 1960 Apr 98°F 1902 -1°F 1936 May 104°F 1934 22°F 1909 Jun 108°F 1933 36°F 1902 Jul 117°F 1936 42°F 1971 Aug 112°F 1934 38°F 1928 Sep 109°F 1931 20°F 1920 Oct 97°F 2015 6°F 1925 Nov 88°F 1915 -11°F 1976 Dec 80°F 1939 -26°F 1989 All-time 117°F 1936 -34°F 1899
Records set or tied at Grand Island so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 10 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (98°F)
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 35 days
record run, ended Jul 28 1936
So far in 2026 14 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Grand Island's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 89°F · forecast is +8° vs normal .
Jan: 36°F Jan: 15°F Feb: 40°F Feb: 18°F Mar: 52°F Mar: 28°F Apr: 63°F Apr: 38°F May: 73°F May: 50°F Jun: 84°F Jun: 60°F Jul: 88°F Jul: 65°F Aug: 85°F Aug: 63°F Sep: 79°F Sep: 53°F Oct: 65°F Oct: 40°F Nov: 51°F Nov: 27°F Dec: 38°F Dec: 18°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:12 AM Sunset 7:05 PM Solar noon 11:39 AM Daylight 14h 53m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 40.96°N, 98.31°W Grand Island's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Grand Island's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Grand Island, coloured by temperature — 132 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Grand Island — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
14 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 76th most in 132 years. Normal for this point: 17 . Record: 46 in 1934.
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